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Stratolaunch Out Of Launch Vehicle Businesshttp://www.spacebanter.com/showthread.php?t=225177&goto=newpost
Mon, 21 Jan 2019 12:47:03 GMTStratolaunch is halting development of its own engines and launch
vehicles and focusing on aircraft development to launch
Northrop-Grumman boosters. This...Stratolaunch is halting development of its own engines and launch
vehicles and focusing on aircraft development to launch
Northrop-Grumman boosters. This action, with the accompanying layoff
of 50 or so people, is occurring in the wake of Paul Allen's death and
may be a sign that without a 'sweetheart' investor the development of
their own engines and vehicles, announced last year, is just too
expensive for them to sustain.

One has to wonder if the same thing could happen to Blue Origin if
Jeff Bezos were to drop dead for some reason. That seems less likely,
as they're further along in vehicle development, but still possible.

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"We come into the world and take our chances.
Fate is just the weight of circumstances.
That's the way that Lady Luck dances.
Roll the bones...."
-- "Roll The Bones", Rush
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Sun, 13 Jan 2019 04:55:28 GMThttps://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/612745/the-us-government-shutdown-is-almost-certainly-delaying-spacexs-crucial-launch/https://www.technologyreview.com/the...rucial-launch/

Just change the paint job and it's clear that SpaceX has copied Belgian
technology.

Alain Fournier
]]>Policyhttp://www.spacebanter.com/showthread.php?t=225127Crew Dragno Slides Righthttp://www.spacebanter.com/showthread.php?t=225122&goto=newpost
Thu, 10 Jan 2019 19:49:25 GMTLooks like Crew Dragon has moved right again. New launch date will be
some time in February and will be determined exactly once they check
things like range...Looks like Crew Dragon has moved right again. New launch date will be
some time in February and will be determined exactly once they check
things like range availability.

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"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to
live in the real world."
-- Mary Shafer, NASA Dryden
]]>Policyhttp://www.spacebanter.com/showthread.php?t=225122Dream Chaserhttp://www.spacebanter.com/showthread.php?t=225109&goto=newpost
Mon, 07 Jan 2019 20:04:10 GMTLooks like Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser is getting solidly
established. NASA has approved production and barring any disasters
it could create a problem for the current 'second source' holder,
Northrop Grumman.

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"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable
man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore,
all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
--George Bernard Shaw
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